The SEAT 132 is a four door, rear wheel drive notchback saloon presented for the first time at the Barcelona Motor Show, assembled in Barcelona's Zona Franca, (

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) and sold by SEAT between 1973 and 1982. For the important taxi market, the 132 filled the niche, vacated with the withdrawal in 1970, of the diesel engined

SEAT 1500 The SEAT 1500 was a Spanish-built 6-seater model of saloon and estate cars, based on the Italian Fiat 2300 and using a 1481 cc engine from the Fiat 1500. The 1500 was the successor to the SEAT 1400 C; it was manufactured from 1963 to 1973, wit ...

, the 132 being usefully larger than the

SEAT 124 The SEAT 124 is a small family car produced by the Spanish manufacturer SEAT in its Zona Franca, Barcelona and Landaben, Pamplona plants between 1968 and 1980. The car was very successful in Spain having sold 896,136 units,Fiat 132 The Fiat 132 is a large family car produced by the Italian automobile company Fiat from 1972 to 1981. An updated version of the 132, called the Argenta, was produced from 1981 to 1985. Fiat 132 (1972–74) The 132 was introduced as a replacemen ...

, but when launched in May 1973 it featured its own engine options: :* The ''SEAT 132 1600'' had a four cylinder 1592 cc engine of . :* The ''SEAT 132 1800'' had a four cylinder 1756 cc engine of . :* The ''SEAT 132 Diesel'' featured a two litre Mercedes Benz engine, corresponding to that offered in the Mercedes Benz 200D. This followed the pattern established with the

, which had also been available with a diesel engine from Mercedes Benz. In 1976, an automatic transmission option was offered, which may have been a response to the success in Spain of the locally assembled, and similarly enhanced Chrysler Two Litre. From 1979, the ''SEAT 132 2000'' became available, with one four cylinder 1920 cc engine of : in due course, one larger 2.2 litre, four cylinder Mercedes diesel version was also offered. In the beginning of the 1980s, extensive discussions concerning funding and control took place between the major share holder, the Government of Spain, and Fiat: SEAT needed major capital investment, which Fiat was not prepared to inject. The outcome, by 1982, was an end after nearly thirty years, to the relationship with Fiat. Already in 1981, Fiat having by now switched to their new model, the Argenta, production of the SEAT 132 ceased, after approximately 100,000 examples had been produced. No direct replacement in this class was, up until 2009, offered by the company. The

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could be seen as the belated replacement, however.

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SEAT 132 history (Spanish)
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